Campbeĺl
surname · Latin script
Campbeĺl is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 46th most common surname. Recorded meaning: * As a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic Caimbeul, from cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”). Compare Cameron, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + sròn (“nose”).
- JMJamaica≈1 in 287(inferred from the name graph)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 604
- AUAustralia≈1 in 632
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #224 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 624 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 287 (inferred from the name graph)
386,157 people, 2010
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Jamaica, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Campbell in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Scottish GaelicCaimbeul(measured from records)
- Scottish Gaelic rootcam“crooked”(measured from records)
- Scottish Gaeliccam“crooked”(measured from records)
- MacCathmhaoil“son of Cathmhaol”(measured from records)
* As a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic Caimbeul, from cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”). Compare Cameron, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + sròn (“nose”). * As an Irish surname, from Mac Cathmhaoil (“son of Cathmhaol”), see Caulfield, Cowell. * As an English surname, variant of Camel, probably influenced by the above. * (duck breed): Developed by Adele Campbell.
Sources 6
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
- Scottish Surnames
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Campbeĺl counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #46 | 386,157 | 1 in 861 | 386K | Campbell | 624 |
| GB United Kingdom | #40 | ≈100,000 est. | ≈1 in 659 | 19 | Campbell | 363 |
| CA Canada | #18 | ≈58,000 est. | ≈1 in 645 | 2 | Campbell | 317 |
| AU Australia | #28 | ≈40,000 est. | ≈1 in 632 | 5 | Campbell | 280 |
| IT Italy | #59 | ≈34,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | — | Campbell | 68 |
| JM Jamaica | #6 | ≈9,800 est. | ≈1 in 287 | — | Campbell | 54 |
| NZ New Zealand | #23 | ≈8,200 est. | ≈1 in 604 | 12 | Campbell | 160 |
| GY Guyana | — | 1,730 | 1 in 434 | 1.7K | — | 14 |
| GD Grenada | — | 231 | 1 in 490 | 231 | — | 6 |
| VC St. Vincent & Grenadines | — | 212 | 1 in 478 | 212 | — | 9 |
386,157 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Grenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025; Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Campbeĺl mean, and where does it come from?
- * As a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic Caimbeul, from cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”). Compare Cameron, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + sròn (“nose”). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular… and 4 other sources.
- In which country does Campbeĺl have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 386 thousand people named Campbeĺl, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled campbell.
- How common is the name Campbeĺl?
- In the United States, the national register counted 386,157 people named Campbeĺl in 2010, about 1 in 861 residents.
- How common is Campbeĺl compared with other names?
- In the United States, Campbeĺl is the 46th most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/campbe%C4%BAlThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Campbeĺl” — the 46th most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.